Chronology: Bahrain

Chronology: Bahrain

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1994

Dec. 5: Shaykh 'Ali Salman Ahmad Salman was arrested on unspecified charges. Salman had organized a petition calling for the restoration of the elected National Assembly. Riots broke out in Bilad and al-Qadin to protest his arrest. [12/19 FBIS]

Dec. 16: Clashes between security forces and protesters continued from the previous days in Sanabis and the northwest peninsula. AU copies of the daily Akhbar al-Khalij were withdrawn from all stores, and a later edition made no mention of the clashes. One policeman was killed by protesters in al-Direz. [12/19 FBIS]

Dec. 18: Four Shi'i Muslims and three policemen were killed in rioting in Sanabis. [12/19 FBIS]

Dec. 19: Security forces arrested 1,600 people in connection with the protests and as a security precaution for the opening that day of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Manama [12/20 FBIS1

Dec. 21: Several hundred students from Bahrain University demonstrated to protest the killing of a student by police during earlier demonstrations. …